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B. W. STANTON.

FENGE POST. No. 337,882. Patented Mar. 16, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BRADLEY W. STANTON, OF PAW PAW, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO U. S. MAYNARD, OF SAME PLACE.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,882, dated March 16. 1886.

v Application filed November 16, 1885. Serial No. 182,987. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BRADLEY W. STANTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paw Paw, in the county of Van Buren and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in fence-posts; and it consists in the peculiar con struction and combination of devices that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation.

1 Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Figs. 3 and 4. are detailed perspective views of the post and tile, respectively.

A represents a wooden fence-post, thelower end of which is reduced to form a tenon, a,

and a shoulder, a.

B represents a cylindrical tile of correspond ing diameter to the post, and secured on the tenoned end of the latter, the upper end of the tile bearing against the shoulder a.

0 represents a washer, which may be made of any suitable material, and is placed on the lower end of the tile. A screw or bolt, D,

passes through the washer, extends up through the tile, and enters the lower end of the post,

and thus clamps the tile firmly thereto.

WVhen setting the post, the tile is buried in the ground, but the wooden portion of the post is entirely above ground, and is thus prevented from rot-ting.

A fence-post thus constructed is cheap and simple, and is very strong and exceedingly durable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The fence-post comprising the wooden 0 post having the tenon on its lower end, the hollow cylindrical tile on the lower end of the post, and into which the tenon extends, and the screw or bolt extending through the bore of the tile and entering the tenon, to secure 5 the tile to the post, substantially as described.

2. The fence-post comprising the wooden post having the tenon on its lower end, the hollow cylindrical tile on the lower end of the post, and into which the tenon extends, the washer on the lower end of the tile, and the bolt or screw passing through the said washer and through the bore of the tile and entering the lower end of the post, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BRADLEY W. STANTON.

\Vitnesses:

W. S. IVIAYNARD, H. L. MAYNARD. 

